262 PAGAN TRIBES OF BORNEO 



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known to us, we propose to describe it in some 

 detail on a later page. Since the date of the 

 inclusion of the Baram, the Raj of Sarawak has 

 been again extended towards the north on three 

 occasions. The first of these additions was the 

 basin of the Trusan River. In this case the Sultan 

 offered to sell the territory for a lump sum, and his 

 offer was accepted by the Rajah, whose officers 

 occupied it in the year 1885. In 1890, the people 

 living on the Limbang River, whose basin adjoins 

 that of the Baram on its northern border, were in 

 a state of rebellion against the Sultan, and the 

 region had for several years been in a very disturbed 

 state. The present Rajah therefore proposed to 

 annex the country in return for an annual payment. 

 The British Government was asked to approve 

 this step and to fix the amount of the sum to be 

 paid to the Sultan. A favourable reply having 

 been given by the Foreign Office, and the annual 

 sum of 6000 dollars having been awarded as a 

 fair return for the cession, the administration of 

 the country was peacefully entered upon by the 

 Rajah's officers, who where warmly welcomed by 

 the greater part of the inhabitants. 



The latest and presumably the final extension of 

 the boundaries of Sarawak was effected in 1905, 

 when the basin of the small river Lawas was bought 

 from the British North Borneo Company. 



In the opening year of this century a small part 

 of Borneo still remained under purely native 

 control, namely, the town of Bruni and an area 

 about it of 1 700 square miles, comprising the basins 

 of the small rivers Balait and Tutong. By agree- 

 ment with the Sultan this area was placed under 

 the administration of a Resident representing the 

 British Government in the year 1906. Thus 

 the European occupation of Borneo was completed. 



The history of the establishment of Dutch rule 



